Thursday, December 29, 2011

I like pretty boxes. Last year I bought this cute little Christmas box, to bring out at Christmas time, to use as a decoration, to wrap a gift, just to be a happy addition to our Christmas atmosphere.

This year, Talia decided to make it into a little home for some pet reindeer. Unfortunately for me (and my box), she decided these pretend reindeer needed air holes in their box...

It wasn't a fun discovery. I wanted her to understand that it's not okay to go about poking holes in things, so I expressed my sadness and told her that the box was special to me & that I had spent money on it and was sad that she had wrecked it.

That evening I came up to bed and found her piggy bank on my bed, with a note:

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Holly Wreaths are one of my favourite holiday treats to make because they remind me of when I was little. :) They're only slightly more work than Rice Krispie Squares which is a great bonus- and they're fun for kids to help with, too!

Then I hot-glued the cups to the cardboard in the shape of a Christmas tree. Next the girls helped me to fill the cups with candy (left over from Halloween)

While the girls were busy, I squeezed white glue around the edge of each cup.

Then placed a circle of tissue paper on top (when you trace these, turn your cup upside down, and be sure to cut the circle out leaving it a little bigger than you traced). I stamped the dates on this year (in the past I've stamped numbers 1-24, but this year we started late, and went to New Years ;)

Next, bend the edges of the tissue paper over the edge of the cup & press.

Now you have a fun advent calendar, ready to go! Each day, let your kids poke their finger through the tissue paper to get the treat inside!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Talia: "Why do I want to play a bored game? I want to play a fun game!"

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Welcome back to our sponsor, Barnwood4u! We're happy to have them back this month, and I want to show you what I think is the cutest thing in their shop:
I love this framed print!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Sharing Time is visual again, thanks to InLinkz! I hope you enjoy it! :)
I can't wait to be able to "SEE" your entries again- just in time for Christmas!

New features:You'll be able to choose a photo from your post to put with your link.You can describe your link & should have enough room to put your blog name as well now.You will need to put a direct link to the post you are linking to (not just link to your main blog page)and you will need to include a link back to this blog from your blog- you can do a text link, or just use the sharing time button provided).Please leave me a comment if you have any problems, I'm excited to try this out! :)

Let me tell you my favourite part about the eye shadow: It came with a little diagram & instructions on how to do two different looks using the three shades that came with it!! (I LOVE this because I'm always questioning myself on how I apply eye shadow!)

I have been having fun using this new makeup every day! If you aren't familiar with Mary Kay Compacts, the cool thing is that they're refillable (so they are magnetic & you can remove the different eye shadows/blush/etc. and replace them with other ones depending on where you're taking it & what you want to have on hand.

Here's the great news about the giveaways:

Giveaway #1

Pamela is holding a draw at the end of this month, for someone to win a free, filled compact of their own! All you have to do to enter is click here to visit her facebook page, and then like it!

Giveaway #2:

ALSO, there is a SECOND Giveaway! If Pamela's facebook page reaches 150 likes before Christmas, she's going to giveaway a lipgloss to the 150th person to like her page AND to the person who referred her!